Gay Seattle Hairdresser Danny Vega Beaten into Coma, Dies

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.towleroad.com/2011/11/gay-seattle-hairdresser-danny-vega-beaten-into-coma-dies.html

Seattle hairdresser Danny Vega has died of his injuries, two weeks after being beaten unconscious by a group of teens, KING5 reports:

On Nov. 15, Vega, a prominent figure in the city's Filipino American community, was taking an evening walk nearby in Seattle's Rainier Valley neighborhood when three teens attacked him from behind, said police. They beat Vega unconscious and took his cell phone and keys. Vega was hospitalized with severe injuries to his kidneys, liver and brain. He fell into a coma and was later put on life-support.

Vega, whose family believes he was targeted in a hate crime, has been on life support for 12 days. He died Sunday:

Family, friends and neighbors also held a vigil for Vega Saturday night at Othello and Martin Luther King Way in the Rainier Valley. Although police were not investigating the attack as a hate crime, his family believes Vega was targeted. He was openly gay and not afraid to show it.



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[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!! I've never been a fan of concealed weapons, but I can see why people want them. It could

be the last line of defense. Some humans run around like packs of wild animals looking for prey for sport. Often there's no time to dial 911.

[HillWilliam]

3. As has often been said on DU

When seconds count, the police are minutes away.

Very often for the GLBT* community, they won't bother at all.

[freeplessinseattle]

6. absolutely...but when attacked from behind by 3 people

what chance does a person really have.

Such messed up people out there to do something as horrible as this, really disturbing.

[RKP5637]

7. Yeah, I know. I was thinking it might give someone some advantage, especially

when one knows they're going to try to kill you. One problem is the way this society works, the victim becomes the guilty one.

I used to carry pepper spray with my finger on the trigger when out, but that was in the winter, I carried it in my pocket, but that's getting pretty worthless. Around here in the city they just kill people for sport. Just about every morning on the news there's been some murder the night before, and often they're just kids, innocent kids shot.

I've heard estimates before that about 20% of this society has some real mental issues, but anymore I think it's far higher than that. We seem to have an inordinate number of messed up people. I don't know what the solution is. I live in the suburbs, so I never go out into the city anymore at night, it's just too dangerous IMO, even if in the supposedly safer areas of the city sh** happens, they have wheels and do drive by killings. And frankly, it's getting so the suburbs are not all that safe IMO.

[closeupready]

10. +1000.

nt

[William769]

2. Recommended.

[xchrom]

4. may Peace be with his family and friends. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Obama surrogate McClurkin calls for war on gay people.

This is what he means. War means we get killed by straight people. I assume the McClurkin fans are thrilled at Vega's death, this is what they pray for.

[RKP5637]

8. The hatefulness in this country is astounding, many in this country thrive on

outright hatefulness. No matter what you do in this country, a good part of this country is going to hate you. I attribute a lot of it to RW MSM always pushing hatred. Some religious cults do the same, non-stop. They just don't let up, one piece of hatred after another. In short, I think this is a pretty F'ed up country, well, at least a good portion of it ...

[Initech]

9. WTF. We live in a truly sick society when crap like this happens.

[sarcasmo]

11. A sad country in which we live.

[Sub Atomic]

12. I'm putting this at the bottom to hopefully wake people up. THIS SHIT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!

Gays are being preyed on in your cul-de-sac, your covenant-controlled community, your exclusive neighborhood, your zip code, your city, your state.

EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.


Take your outrage against what happened to Danny and effect some local change. IF YOU CAN SAVE ONE LIFE, AREN'T YOUR EFFORTS WORTH IT?

[Rowdyboy]

13. What a tragic waste

Thanks for posting this. It needs as much notice as possible.